1993 in music

List of years in music (table)

This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.

Albert Collins playing event on Washington Mall before the inauguration of US President Bill Clinton.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

January–February

March–April

May–June

  • May 6 – A government official announced that the Malaysian cabinet will commission musicians to speed up the tempo of the country's national anthem in an effort to make it more dynamic.
  • May 10Hugh Whitaker, former drummer of The Housemartins, is sentenced to six years in jail for attacking an ex–business partner with an axe.
  • May 15 – The 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, held at Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Ireland, is won by singer Niamh Kavanagh, representing the host country with the song "In Your Eyes". Ireland equal France and Luxembourg's tally of five total Eurovision victories.
  • Janet Jackson's "That's The Way Love Goes" reaches number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and spends eight consecutive weeks at the top spot.
  • May 18 - Janet Jackson releases her 5th studio album titled Janet. It becomes her 3rd consecutive album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first album by a female artist to debut at number one in the Nielsen SoundScan Era. It also becomes the highest first week album sales by a female artist in history during that time, selling 350,000 copies.
  • May 27 – June 6 – The second Brisbane Biennial International Music Festival is held.
  • June 7
    • On his 35th birthday, Prince announces that he is changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol. This led to him being called The Artist Formerly Known as Prince until 2000.

July–August

September–October

  • September 2Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard are charged with the August 25 murder of a 20-year-old gang member in a drive-by shooting. They are cleared of the charges in 1996.
  • September 14 – A civil lawsuit is filed against Michael Jackson by thirteen-year-old Jordan Chandler and his parents, accusing the singer of sexually abusing the boy over the course of their friendship.
  • September 20Depeche Mode becomes among the earliest bands to go on the Internet to interact with fans, as the group holds a question-and-answer session on AOL. The event is marred by technical difficulties as many participants, including the band members themselves, have trouble logging on to the chat.
  • September 25Madonna starts The Girlie Show World Tour in London, England. And visit some countries for the very first time like Brazil, Argentina, Israel, Turkey, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Australia.
  • September 30 – October 2 – The Abu Ghosh Vocal Music Festival is held, featuring music of Jewish, Christian, and Moslem cultural traditions, and a performance of Handel's Messiah by the Ave Sol Choir from Riga and the Rehovot Camerata Orchestra directed by Avner Biron.
  • October 1MTV Latin America is launched.
  • October 1–3 – Annual Australian Bush Music Festival takes place in Glen Innes.
  • October 17Savatage guitarist and co-founder Christopher Michael "Criss" Oliva killed in a car accident.
  • October 31Tupac Shakur is arrested and charged with shooting two off-duty police officers in Atlanta. The charges are later dropped.

November–December

Also in 1993

  • Rick Astley retires from the music industry at the age of 27 after selling 40 million records in a five-year period.
  • Keiko Abe becomes the first woman to be inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame.

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Bands reformed

Albums released

January–March

Date Album Artist Notes
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5 Mark Collie Mark Collie -
Slo*Blo Cell -
6 Lucky Thirteen Neil Young Compilation + unreleased
11 So Close Dina Carroll -
The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs Genesis Live
12 American Grafishy Flipper -
Blue Funk Heavy D & the Boyz -
Edge of Excess Triumph US
No Cure for Cancer Denis Leary -
Tha Triflin' Album King Tee -
Wake Up Screaming Every Mother's Nightmare -
18 Songs from the Mirror Fish Covers
19 12 Inches of Snow Snow -
Body, Mind, Soul Debbie Gibson -
The Erosion of Sanity Gorguts -
The Juliet Letters Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet -
The Wheel Rosanne Cash -
20 Friends Can Be Lovers Dionne Warwick -
25 Barry Live in Britain Barry Manilow Live
Dusk The The -
Perverse Jesus Jones -
Star Belly -
26 Fire in the Dark Billy Dean -
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1 Gorgeous 808 State -
Objection Overruled Accept -
2 Black Mafia Life Above the Law -
In God We Trust Brand Nubian -
Joey Lawrence Joey Lawrence Debut
Rift Phish -
3 Earth 2 Earth -
8 Native Tongue Poison -
Wandering Spirit Mick Jagger -
9 Music 311 -
Off the Ground Paul McCartney -
Slip Quicksand -
Spilt Milk Jellyfish -
Where You Been Dinosaur Jr. -
10 On the Mouth Superchunk -
15 Serenades Anathema -
16 Body Exit Mind New Fast Automatic Daffodils -
The Last Rebel Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Sarsippius' Ark Infectious Grooves -
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. 2Pac -
Tabula Rasa Einstürzende Neubauten -
19 Happy Nation Ace of Base Europe only
22 New Wave The Auteurs -
Pablo Honey Radiohead Debut
23 19 Naughty III Naughty by Nature -
Boy Krazy Boy Krazy -
The Crying Game: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album Various Artists Soundtrack
Duran Duran Duran Duran -
Fuzzy Grant Lee Buffalo -
Hard Workin' Man Brooks & Dunn -
Live: Right Here, Right Now Van Halen 2x CD, Live
Magic & Madness Circus of Power -
Scenes from the Second Storey The God Machine -
Sister Sweetly Big Head Todd and the Monsters -
Slow Dancing with the Moon Dolly Parton -
Smoke Drivin N Cryin -
Superstar Car Wash Goo Goo Dolls -
? Mr. Machinery Operator Firehose -
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1 Against Perfection Adorable Debut
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? The Cranberries -
2 CB4 Various Artists Soundtrack
Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith -
Stain Living Colour -
The Weedkiller's Daughter John & Mary US
5 Cereal Killer Soundtrack Green Jellÿ
8 Frank Black Frank Black -
9 Alibis Tracy Lawrence -
Animals with Human Intelligence Enuff Z'nuff -
Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz -
The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two Van Morrison Compilation
Everyday Widespread Panic -
Link Øystein Sevåg -
Numb Hammerbox -
So Tough Saint Etienne -
Ten Summoner's Tales Sting -
15 Coverdale-Page Coverdale-Page -
16 Colour of Your Dreams Carole King -
I Hear Black Overkill -
The Polyfuze Method Kid Rock -
19 Till Death Do Us Part Geto Boys -
21 Instant Replay Pizzicato Five Live
22 A Real Live One Iron Maiden Live
Songs of Faith and Devotion Depeche Mode -
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music Stereolab EP
23 Ahead of Their Time The Mothers of Invention Live 1968
The Bliss Album…? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence) P.M. Dawn -
For the Beauty of Wynona Daniel Lanois -
Glazed Mystery Machine -
Home Invasion Ice-T -
Independent Worm Saloon Butthole Surfers -
Songs from the Rain Hothouse Flowers -
This Time Dwight Yoakam -
25 Big Body P-Model -
Peligro Shakira -
29 Phobia The Kinks -
Suede Suede -
30 14 Shots to the Dome LL Cool J -
Ask Questions Later Cop Shoot Cop -
Bacdafucup Onyx Debut
Here Come the Lords Lords of the Underground Debut

April–June

Date Album Artist Notes
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6 Beaster Sugar EP
Black Tie White Noise David Bowie -
Edge of Thorns Savatage -
Harbor Lights Bruce Hornsby -
In My Time Yanni -
Story of My Life Pere Ubu -
Superjudge Monster Magnet -
Undertow Tool Debut
12 In Concert/MTV Plugged Bruce Springsteen Live
13 Learning to Flinch Warren Zevon Live
San Francisco Days Chris Isaak -
Taxi Bryan Ferry -
Today's Active Lifestyles Polvo -
Waiting for You Gordon Lightfoot -
19 Five Live George Michael and Queen Live EP
20 Dive Sarah Brightman -
Earth and Sun and Moon Midnight Oil -
The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds of the Reverend Horton Heat The Reverend Horton Heat -
Get a Grip Aerosmith -
The Grand Tour Aaron Neville -
Pork Soda Primus -
Shania Twain Shania Twain -
Toby Keith Toby Keith -
26 Bubble & Scrape Sebadoh -
The Infotainment Scan The Fall -
27 Exposed Vince Neil -
Frosting on the Beater The Posies -
Porno for Pyros Porno for Pyros -
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3 Formaldehyde (album) Terrorvision Debut
Republic New Order -
4 Down with the King Run–D.M.C. -
Dragline Paw -
Kill My Landlord The Coup Debut
Live! Selena Live
Rid of Me PJ Harvey -
SlaughtaHouse Masta Ace -
Thousand Roads David Crosby -
Which Doobie U B? Funkdoobiest -
7 With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness At the Gates -
10 Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur -
On the Night Dire Straits Live
Rancid Rancid -
11 Out of Body The Hooters -
Symphony or Damn Terence Trent D'Arby -
Tell Me Why Wynonna Judd -
Whatever Aimee Mann Debut
17 Dreamland Aztec Camera -
Emergency on Planet Earth Jamiroquai Debut, UK
18 Alive III Kiss Live
Pull Winger
Janet Janet Jackson US
Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 Guru -
Painted Desert Serenade Joshua Kadison -
19 Organix The Roots Debut
21 Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? Nomeansno -
24 More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits ABBA Greatest Hits
Unplugged...and Seated Rod Stewart Live
25 Dream Harder The Waterboys -
Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe Fishbone -
Kamakiriad Donald Fagen -
Me Amarás Ricky Martin -
Sound of White Noise Anthrax -
26 Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions Charlie Parker -
31 Chameleon Helloween -
How to Clean Everything Propagandhi Debut
The Daily Grind No Use for a Name EP
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1 Boces Mercury Rev -
Far Gone Love Battery -
Gravity's Rainbow Pat Benatar -
Hootie Mack Bell Biv DeVoe -
Souvlaki Slowdive -
2 All Samples Cleared! Biz Markie -
4 Pottymouth Bratmobile -
7 Elemental Tears for Fears -
There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You Palace Brothers -
8 Breaking Silence Janis Ian -
Last Action Hero Various Artists Soundtrack
Saturation Urge Overkill -
Supermodel of the World RuPaul -
Too Long in Exile Van Morrison -
Wide River Steve Miller Band -
11 Mood Swings Harem Scarem -
14 Mi Tierra Gloria Estefan -
Liberator Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark -
15 14 Songs Paul Westerberg
Dancing the Blues Taj Mahal -
Neil Young Unplugged Neil Young Live
The World Should Know Burning Spear -
Psychoderelict Pete Townshend
19 Crazy Legs Jeff Beck -
21 Gold Against the Soul Manic Street Preachers -
Joy and Blues Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers -
A Storm in Heaven Verve Debut
22 Ain't No Other MC Lyte -
Aries Luis Miguel -
Covenant Morbid Angel -
Exile in Guyville Liz Phair -
Experience the Divine Bette Midler Greatest Hits
Here's to New Dreams Raven-Symoné Debut
Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid Collective Soul Debut
It Won't Be the Last Billy Ray Cyrus -
Sons of Soul Tony! Toni! Toné! -
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart The Flaming Lips -
24 Audience with the Mind The House of Love -
Under a Funeral Moon Darkthrone -
25 Mortal Kombat II: Music from the Arcade Game Soundtrack Dan Forden limited-time offer
28 Insanity and Genius Gamma Ray -
Live & Loud Ozzy Osbourne Live
29 Back to Broadway Barbra Streisand -
Crazy Legs Jeff Beck Gene Vincent covers
Cyberpunk Billy Idol -
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Box set
Poetic Justice Various Artists Soundtrack
30 Hat Full of Stars Cyndi Lauper -
Individual Thought Patterns Death -
In on the Kill Taker Fugazi -

July–September

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 Walthamstow East 17 Debut
5 Julius Caesar Smog -
6 No World Order TR-i (Todd Rundgren) -
Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams Various Artists Victoria Williams tribute
Vagina Diner Akinyele Debut
Zooropa U2 -
10 Yoreru Omoi Zard -
12 The Sound of Speed The Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation
13 Altered Beast Matthew Sweet -
Debut Björk Solo Debut
Sleeper Tribe -
Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Debut
What Is a Rumpletilskin? Rumpletilskinz Debut
19 Debravation Deborah Harry UK
20 The Anthology Bachman–Turner Overdrive Compilation
Bargainville Moxy Früvous -
Black Sunday Cypress Hill -
Candlebox Candlebox -
Chrome Catherine Wheel -
Picture of Health The Headstones -
Whoomp! (There It Is) Tag Team -
22 Bill Tripping Daisy Debut
26 The Battle Rages On... Deep Purple -
Born Gangstaz Boss -
Evolution Oleta Adams -
27 Haircut George Thorogood -
Fake Train Unwound -
Promises and Lies UB40 -
Represent Fat Joe -
Sex & Religion Vai -
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins -
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1 Now That's What I Call Music! 25 Various Artists Compilation UK
3 Become What You Are The Juliana Hatfield Three -
Da Bomb Kris Kross -
The Outer Limits Voivod -
Tuesday Night Music Club Sheryl Crow -
Voice of Jamaica Buju Banton -
9 Perfect Teeth Unrest
10 Dig I Mother Earth -
Emergency on Planet Earth Jamiroquai US
Live James Taylor 2-disc; Live
River of Dreams Billy Joel -
16 Breaking Things ALL -
Liberation The Divine Comedy -
17 Bloody Kisses Type O Negative -
Earth vs the Wildhearts The Wildhearts -
Enemy of the Sun Neurosis -
Everything Joe -
Over My Heart Laura Branigan -
Rise Bad Brains -
Transnational Speedway League: Anthems, Anecdotes, and Undeniable Truths Clutch -
The World Is Yours Scarface -
24 For the Cool in You Babyface -
Kerosene Hat Cracker -
Pure Pleasure Shaggy -
Set the World on Fire Annihilator -
Spinning Around the Sun Jimmie Dale Gilmore -
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements Stereolab -
You Been Played Smooth -
30 Last Splash The Breeders -
Skydancer Dark Tranquillity -
Tales of Ephidrina Amorphous Androgynous -
Unknown Road Pennywise -
31 Giant Steps The Boo Radleys -
In Pieces Garth Brooks -
Music Box Mariah Carey -
Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building Neil Diamond Covers album
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1 One Night in Time Donovan -
Shinola Energy Orchard -
2 Chaos A.D. Sepultura -
6 Post Historic Monsters Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine -
Wild Wood Paul Weller -
7 American Caesar Iggy Pop -
Human Wheels John Mellencamp -
10 Grin Coroner -
Icky Mettle Archers of Loaf -
13 Into the Labyrinth Dead Can Dance -
14 August and Everything After Counting Crows -
Cure for Pain Morphine -
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell Meat Loaf -
Focus Cynic -
The Hits/The B-Sides Prince 3-disc compilation; Discs 1 and 2 also sold separately
Judgement Night Various Artists Soundtrack
Some Fantastic Place Squeeze -
Traffic from Paradise Rickie Lee Jones -
War of Words Fight debut album
21 Concentration Machines of Loving Grace -
Face the Heat Scorpions -
Houdini Melvins -
In Utero Nirvana -
The Problem with Me Seam -
Recipe for Hate Bad Religion -
Show The Cure Live
Something Up My Sleeve Suzy Bogguss -
Stone Cold World A.L.T. -
Yes I Am Melissa Etheridge -
22 Double Easy – The U.S. Singles Happy Mondays US-only Compilation
24 Buhloone Mindstate De La Soul -
27 Very Pet Shop Boys -
Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) Digable Planets -
Transfusion Powderfinger EP
28 93 'til Infinity Souls of Mischief -
187 He Wrote Spice 1 -
Believe in Me Duff McKagan -
Body & Soul Rick Astley -
Cowgirl's Prayer Emmylou Harris -
Easy Come, Easy Go George Strait -
Faithlift Spirit of the West -
Icon Paradise Lost -
Live Seeds Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Live
Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings The Police Box set
Morbid Florist Anal Cunt EP
Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening Ray Lynch -
Return of the Boom Bap KRS-One -
They're All Gonna Laugh at You! Adam Sandler -
Violent New Breed Shotgun Messiah -
Water Saigon Kick -
29 Real Belinda Carlisle -

October–December

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 Those of the Unlight Marduk -
4 Get into You Dannii Minogue -
Thirteen Teenage Fanclub -
Wolverine Blues Entombed -
5 Alapalooza "Weird Al" Yankovic -
Anodyne Uncle Tupelo -
The Body-Hat Syndrome Digital Underground -
Christmas Interpretations Boyz II Men Christmas
Dos Altered State -
Gentlemen The Afghan Whigs -
Laid James -
Mezcal Head Swervedriver -
Painful Yo La Tengo -
Phaseshifter Redd Kross -
Retro Active Def Leppard Compilation
So Tonight That I Might See Mazzy Star -
Steppin' Out Tony Bennett Fred Astaire Tribute
Titanic Days Kirsty MacColl -
Shame + A Sin Robert Cray -
8 A Bigger Piece of Sky Robert Earl Keen -
10 C'est déjà ça Alain Souchon -
11 Everything Changes Take That -
I'm Alive Jackson Browne -
Imaginary Friend Th' Faith Healers -
Tindersticks Tindersticks -
12 Angst KMFDM -
Aurora Gory Alice Letters To Cleo -
Come On Feel The Lemonheads The Lemonheads -
Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles Various Artists Eagles tribute
Hey, Man, Smell My Finger George Clinton -
Take Me as I Am Faith Hill -
Very Necessary Salt-n-Pepa -
18 Heartwork Carcass -
A Real Dead One Iron Maiden Live
Silhouette in Red Bonnie Tyler -
Together Alone Crowded House -
19 4-Track Demos PJ Harvey Demos
Counterparts Rush -
The Christmas Album David Foster and Various Artists Christmas
Electra 2000 Hum -
Enta da Stage Black Moon -
Inhaler Tad -
Mexican Moon Concrete Blonde -
Plantation Lullabies Meshell Ndegeocello -
Possum Dixon Possum Dixon debut
Show The Cure Live
Vs. Pearl Jam -
20 Greatest Hits Richard Marx Compilation
22 Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Sarah McLachlan -
23 Get in Where You Fit In Too Short -
24 It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa Eazy-E -
26 Born to Choose Various Artists -
Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew Mudhoney EP
I'm Ready Tevin Campbell -
God Shuffled His Feet Crash Test Dummies -
MTV Unplugged 10,000 Maniacs Live
No Alternative Various Artists AIDS Benefit
Paris The Cure Live
Pussy Whipped Bikini Kill -
Shaq Diesel Shaquille O'Neal Debut
The Song Remembers When Trisha Yearwood -
Try Anything Once Alan Parsons -
When My Heart Finds Christmas Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas
World Gone Wrong Bob Dylan -
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1 The Red Shoes Kate Bush -
2 The Black Rider Tom Waits Soundtrack
Duets Frank Sinatra -
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues k.d. lang Soundtrack
Find Your Way Gabrielle -
First Christmas BeBe & CeCe Winans Christmas
Full Moon, Dirty Hearts INXS -
Jericho The Band -
So Far So Good Bryan Adams Compilation
The Yellow Shark Frank Zappa -
3 Angels Cry Angra -
Espresso Logic Chris Rea UK
8 The Buddha of Suburbia David Bowie TV soundtrack
Live at Donington Iron Maiden Live
Paul Is Live Paul McCartney Live
Freedom Yothu Yindi -
9 12 Play R. Kelly Debut
Both Sides Phil Collins -
The Colour of My Love Celine Dion North America
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan -
Intimacy Jody Watley -
Love Tara Eric's Trip -
Midnight Marauders A Tribe Called Quest -
Poetenes Evangelium Morten Harket -
Remember Two Things The Dave Matthews Band Independent release
Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Various Artists Jimi Hendrix tribute
15 Flashback Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Compilation
Now That's What I Call Music! 26 Various Artists Compilation
On Aphex Twin EP
16 Black Reign Queen Latifah -
Deluxe Better Than Ezra Swell Records; re-issued on Elektra in 1995
Desire Walks On Heart -
Hand on the Torch Us3 -
The One Thing Michael Bolton -
Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera Carly Simon -
Shock of the Hour MC Ren -
The Singles Collection David Bowie Compilation
Straight Up Sewaside Das EFX -
18 Montage Kenny G Compilation
21 Dreams Never Die Tiffany -
22 Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones Compilation
Nightcap Jethro Tull UK; archive recordings
23 The Beavis and Butt-head Experience Various Artists -
Doggystyle Snoop Doggy Dogg -
Duets Elton John -
Gypsy Bette Midler Soundtrack
The Album Haddaway -
High-Tech Redneck George Jones -
Live Shit: Binge & Purge Metallica Live Box
No Need for Alarm Del the Funky Homosapien -
Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Cowboy Junkies -
The Sign Ace of Base North American/Japanese version of Happy Nation
"The Spaghetti Incident?" Guns N' Roses Covers album
Squint Steve Taylor -
Winter Light Linda Ronstadt -
26 Live MCMXCIII The Velvet Underground Live
29 Bastards Motörhead -
Incunabula Autechre
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1 Acid Eaters Ramones -
Dubnobasswithmyheadman Underworld -
6 The Cross of Changes Enigma -
Songs of Faith and Devotion Live Depeche Mode Live
7 Domino Domino -
Lethal Injection Ice Cube -
Right Back at Cha Shai EP
What's the 411? Remix Mary J. Blige Remix
8 Charlie Hunter Trio Charlie Hunter Trio -
9 Pop Smear The Verve Pipe -
10 Soli Deo Gloria Apoptygma Berzerk -
14 Beethoven's 2nd: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Ralph Edelman and Various Artists Soundtrack
Dance of December Souls Katatonia -
Desensitized Pitchshifter -
Wayne's World 2 Various Artists Soundtrack
21 Diary of a Mad Band Jodeci -
N/A Dick's Picks Volume 1 Grateful Dead Live
Quique Seefeel

Release date unknown

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1993.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1 Meat Loaf I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 1993 United States UK 1 – Oct 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, The Netherlands 1 – Oct 1993, Austria 1 – Nov 1993, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1993, Norway 1 – Oct 1993, Germany 1 – Jan 1994, Republic of Ireland 1 – Oct 1993, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1993, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Dec 1993, Sweden 2 – Oct 1993, Poland 5 – Nov 1993, Australia 5 of 1993, France 10 – Sep 1993, US BB 15 of 1993, Europe 20 of the 1990s, Germany 28 of the 1990s, US CashBox 32 of 1994, POP 34 of 1993, Belgium 210 of all time, OzNet 375
2 UB40 I Can't Help Falling in Love With You 1993 United Kingdom UK 1 – May 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, US CashBox 1 of 1993, The Netherlands 1 – May 1993, Sweden 1 – Jun 1993, Austria 1 – Jul 1993, New Zealand 1 for 11 weeks Jun 1993, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Oct 1993, Switzerland 2 – Jun 1993, Germany 2 – Jun 1993, Australia 3 of 1993, Norway 4 – Jun 1993, US BB 6 of 1993, POP 6 of 1993, France 10 – May 1993, Poland 12 – Aug 1993, Scrobulate 48 of reggae, Germany 85 of the 1990s, Italy 88 of 1993, OzNet 836
3 4 Non Blondes What's Up? 1993 United States The Netherlands 1 – Jul 1993, Sweden 1 – Aug 1993, Austria 1 – Aug 1993, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1993, Norway 1 – Jul 1993, Poland 1 – Jul 1993, Germany 1 – Jul 1993, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jul 1993, UK 2 – Jun 1993, Italy 8 of 1993, Australia 10 of 1993, US BB 14 of 1993, Germany 17 of the 1990s, US BB 31 of 1993, Scrobulate 46 of 90s, US CashBox 50 of 1993, RYM 61 of 1993, Europe 62 of the 1990s, POP 67 of 1993, Belgium 209 of all time
4 Snow Informer 1992 Canada US BB 1 of 1993, Sweden 1 – Mar 1993, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1993, Norway 1 – Apr 1993, Germany 1 – Apr 1993, Republic of Ireland 1 – Apr 1993, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks May 1993, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1993, UK 2 – Mar 1993, The Netherlands 2 – Mar 1993, Austria 3 – May 1993, Australia 6 of 1993, US CashBox 9 of 1993, US BB 13 of 1993, POP 51 of 1993, Germany 52 of the 1990s, Italy 68 of 1993
5 Haddaway What is Love? 1993 Trinidad and Tobago US BB 1 of 1993, The Netherlands 1 – Apr 1993, France 1 – Apr 1993, Austria 1 – May 1993, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1993, Norway 1 – Apr 1993, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jul 1993, POP 1 of 1993, UK 2 – Jun 1993, Sweden 2 – Mar 1993, Germany 2 – Mar 1993, Scrobulate 4 of 90s, Italy 5 of 1993, Germany 10 of the 1990s, US BB 11 of 1993, RYM 154 of 1993

Top hits

Top 10 selling albums of the year

  1. The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack AlbumWhitney Houston
  2. BreathlessKenny G
  3. Unplugged- Eric Clapton
  4. janet.Janet Jackson
  5. Some Gave AllBilly Ray Cyrus
  6. The ChronicDr. Dre
  7. Pocket Full Of KryptoniteSpin Doctors
  8. TenPearl Jam
  9. The ChaseGarth Brooks
  10. CoreStone Temple Pilots

Top 10 best albums of the Year

All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.

  1. NirvanaIn Utero
  2. The Smashing PumpkinsSiamese Dream
  3. Wu-Tang ClanEnter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
  4. Pearl JamVs.
  5. Counting CrowsAugust And Everything After
  6. BjörkDebut
  7. BlurModern Life is Rubbish
  8. Liz PhairExile in Guyville
  9. SuedeSuede
  10. SlowdiveSouvlaki

Classical music

Opera

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Awards

Filmfare Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Country Music Hall of Fame

Eurovision Song Contest

Japan Record Awards

Mercury Music Prize

Glenn Gould Prize

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

See also


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